Avi - 1/22/2018

Avilene ate a couple bites of bran cereal and ate raisins for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken, whole wheat pita bread, cucumbers, bites of tomatoes, ate olives, avocado, and ate her pears.  We'd sat to eat breakfast before Avi arrived and Hudson said, "Where is that Avi at!?!"  Like Daddy Andy said this morning; "Hudson has a way with words."  He certainly does.  I asked Hudson and Avi if they played soccer on Saturday and they both said, "yes" and also let me know that "coach Joe is still at soccer."  Ha!

We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this weekend and the kids were busy all morning exploring everything.  The "new" toys keep them engaged all morning so we rarely do Art Time or sing songs on Toy Exchange Monday.  We did read a tall stack of books from this exchange.  In this first picture I love how Avi just quietly explores everything and is interested in everything.  Atley approach is similar except for the "quiet" part!  Haha!  She also explores, but is singing at maximum volume!  How do you like the 2nd picture with the mask on upside down?  Or do you prefer the "one-eyed" mask look!?!  :)

Avi and Hudson were playing in the igloo and pretending to sleep when I took this last picture.  Moments later Avi was done and Bubba was begging her to come back and using every phrase he could think of!!  It went like this: "Hey Sweetie! Come back, come back."  Not working.  "Come back Sister, come back!!"  Not working.  "Come back Avi, come back!!"  Not working.  "Come back Avi Nelson!!"  Not working.  "Why you say no Avi!?!  Tell me!!"  Silence!  I think she knows silence is the most effective weapon to use against Hudson!!  :)